Douglas Dillon Book Award
The Douglas Dillon Book Award
for Books of Distinction on the Practice of American Diplomacy
Since 1995, the American Academy of Diplomacy has celebrated distinguished writing about US diplomatic efforts and achievements with an annual award.
A committee of Academy members review nominated books and determine the winner, with concurrence by the Academy’s Board of Directors. The award for the winning entry in 2025 includes a cash prize of $5,000. The awards are customarily presented at the Academy’s Annual Awards Luncheon ceremony in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the US Department of State in the late fall/early winter.
The deadline for submission of nominations for this year’s award is July 14, 2025.
Recipient - 2025
Published by New Academia Publishing/Vellum
Lynn Pascoe served almost forty years as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer with postings in Beijing
in the mid-seventies and as Deputy Chief of Mission just after the Tiananmen Massacre. He also
headed the U.S. mission in Taiwan during the island’s democratic transformation. Deputy
Director of the Soviet desk during the tense early eighties, Pascoe then moved to assist Secretary
George Shultz. After stints as U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia and Deputy Assistant Secretary
responsible for the Eastern Mediterranean, the Caucasus and Central Asia, Pascoe was appointed
Ambassador to Indonesia. When the massive tsunami there killed over 170,000 people in Aceh,
Pascoe led the massive U.S. civilian and military aid effort to assist the government deal with its
aftermath.
After retiring from the Foreign Service, Pascoe was named the first American in thirty-five years
to head the United Nation’s political effort as Under-Secretary for Political Affairs.
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